résumerait

Résumerait is the third-person singular form of the French verb résumer in the present conditional. It translates roughly as "would summarize" in English and is used to describe a hypothetical or contingent action.

Morphology and usage

The present conditional in French is formed from the infinitive résumer plus the conditional endings: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient. Therefore, il résumerait, elle résumerait, and on résumerait are all correct forms, with the ending -ait indicating third-person singular. The form is used with a subject such as il, elle, or on to express what would happen under certain conditions, or to soften a statement.

Typical uses

The conditional mood conveys hypothetical situations, conjecture, or polite/indirect statements. Examples: Si le chapitre était trop long, il résumerait les idées principales. Il résumerait le rapport si on le lui demandait. In narrative or formal writing, résumerait can appear in passages that discuss potential outcomes or described actions that are not yet certain.

Relation to related terms

Résumer is the verb meaning "to summarize" and résum é is the corresponding noun meaning "summary." The form résumerait (and its other person-number variants) belongs to the same verb family and shares the same stem, with spelling and pronunciation remaining straightforward in modern French. The use of this form does not depend on gender; the endings reflect the subject pronoun (il, elle, on).

Translation and nuance

In English, résumerait often translates as "would summarize." The nuance is conditional and speculative, signaling that the action is contingent on a condition or hypothetical scenario rather than a definite, current action.